History VideoGame / DeathToSpies

* NoDubForYou: Inverted with ''Alekhine's Gun'', due to the game getting picked up by an American Publisher to be finished, the game actually only has an English dub, there is no dub for the Russian language.

* ShoutOut: It's probably not a concidence that Semyon wears a black suit with black gloves in ''Moment of Truth'' and ''Alekhines Gun'' when infilitrating more civil locations, especially since he's shown using an 1911, just like Agent 47 from Franchise/{{Hitman}} in ''Moment of Truth'''s cutscenes.

* ItsProbablyNothing: While minor noises can be dismissed if the guard sees nothing happened, anything significant (such as hearing gunfire or seeing a dead body) causes forces the guard to become alert, and remain like that for the rest of the mission.

* OneBulletClips: Averted: each magazine's ammunition is individually tracked in the game. When you reload a weapon with an external magazine (e.g. an [=MP40=]), Strogov drops the mag, but if it has any rounds remaining then you can pick it back up and use it later, and it'll still have the same ammo count if you load your weapon with it.

The game had a sequel, '''Death to Spies: Moment of Truth''', which expanded the player's arsenal and means of performing assassinations, and cleaned up various shortcomings of the original. In 2014, the developers attempted an unsuccessful Kickstarter campaign to obtain funding for the third game. Eventually they managed to fund the game, and they renamed ''Death to Spies 3'' to '''Alekhine's Gun''', which takes place in the UsefulNotes/ColdWar.

* ShoutOut: It's probably not a concidence that Semyon wears a black suit with black gloves in ''Moment of Truth'' and ''Alekhines Gun'' when infilitrating more civil locations, especially since he's shown using an 1911, just like Agent 47 Franchise/{{Hitman}} in ''Moment of Truth'''s cutscenes.

* ScoreScreen: You get a percentage for several traits you displayed (or didn't display) during the mission, which seems to add up to the ScoringPoints. You get to see your clear time and your [[GameplayGrading rating]], with "Wolfhound" being the best rating.

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/9b756ae02c36cbf0bb55862796c5d030.jpg]]

'''Death to Spies''' is a World War II era StealthBasedGame where you play as Semyon Strogov, a Russian counterintelligence operative carrying out a series of covert missions against the Nazi troops. The game can in theory be completed through wholly-violent and stealth routes, and a large amount of weaponry can be taken with the player at the start. In practice, the guns-out routine is nigh-impossible due to the realistically large number of well-armed soldiers on every base you come across, and though still difficult, stealth is the way the game is meant to be played. It's also notable for its very large, non-linear levels.

* ArtificalStupidity: The AI loves to throw grenades even in close-range (Grenades have a fairly large blast radius) or when the grenade has a low chance to actually hit you, it's not often for an enemy to right away throw their grenade without even attempting to shoot you, frequently killing their allies in the blast and even themselves a good chunk of the time.

* DuelingDubs: The UK and USA versions of the first game have different voice acting dubs.

The game had a sequel, '''Death to Spies: Moment of Truth''', which expanded the player's arsena and means of performing assassinations, and cleaned up various shortcomings of the original. In 2014, the developers attempted an unsuccessful Kickstarter campaign to obtain funding for the third game. Eventually they managed to fund the game, and they renamed ''Death to Spies 3'' to '''Alekhine's Gun''', which takes place in the UsefulNotes/ColdWar and was released in 2016 to negative reviews.

* OneBulletClips: Averted: each magazine's ammunition is individually tracked in the game. When you reload a weapon with an external magazine, e.g. an MP40, Strogov drops the mag, but if it has any rounds remaining then you can pick it back up and use it later, and it'll still have the same ammo count if you load your weapon with it.

* OneBulletClips: Averted: each magazine's ammunition is individually tracked in your gun and your inventory, so if you reload frequently enough you might end up with a half-loaded magazine.

* OneBulletClips: Averted: each magazine's ammunition is individually tracked in your gun and your inventory.

The game had a sequel, '''Death to Spies: Moment of Truth''', which expanded the player's arsena and means of performing assassinations, and cleaned up various shortcomings of the original. In 2014, the developers attempted an unsuccessful Kickstarter campaign to obtain funding for the third game. Eventually they managed to fund the game, and they renamed '''Death to Spies 3''' to '''Alekhine's Gun''', which takes place in the UsefulNotes/ColdWar and was released in 2016 to negative reviews.

** With a knife you can do a plain old backstab. It's the quickest variety of OneHitKill that is silent, but it also prevents you from taking your victim's clothes.

* ScoreScreen: You get a percentage for several traits you displayed (or didn't display) during the mission, which seems to add up to the ScoringPoints. You get to see your clear time and your [GameplayGrading|rating], with "Wolfhound" being the best rating.

* ScoreScreen: You get a percentage for several traits you displayed (or didn't display) during the mission, which seems to add up to the ScoringPoints. You get to see your clear time and your [[GameplayGrading|rating]], with "Wolfhound" being the best rating.

'''Death to Spies''' is a World War II era StealthBasedGame where you play as a Russian operative carrying out a series of covert missions against the Nazi troops. The game can in theory be completed through wholly-violent and stealth routes, and a large amount of weaponry can be taken with the player at the start. In practice, the guns-out routine is nigh-impossible due to the realistically large number of well-armed soldiers on every base you come across, and though still difficult, stealth is the way the game is meant to be played. It's also notable for its very large, non-linear levels.

The game had a sequel, '''Death to Spies: Moment of Truth''', which expanded the player's arsena and means of performing assassinations, and cleaned up various shortcomings of the original. In 2014, the developers attempted an unsuccessful Kickstarter campaign to obtain funding for the third game.

* CrouchAndProne: Used to reduce visibility, but not otherwise special. If there are enemies seeing you while sneaking on the other hand, they may get suspicious.
* DressingAsTheEnemy: The main form of stealth used in the game, although enemies tend to see right through initial disguises. ''Moment of Truth'' corrects the hyperactive guards, provides different disguise classes (where civilian clothes can be less suspicious in some cases compared to officer's clothes) and also adds a difficulty setting that makes it impossible to take clothes from fallen enemies.

* CrouchAndProne: Used to reduce visibility, but not otherwise special.

* EnemyDetectingRadar: The overhead map shows the position of each person, the direction they're facing, and their field of view (in some situations). It also describes their suspicion, where green guards allowing you past, and red being hyperactive.

'''Death to Spies''' is a World-war II era StealthBasedGame following the story of a Russian operative. Stealth is handled by wearing enemy uniforms, and trying to complete objectives under a disguise. The stealth portion is difficult as there's bound to be at least one person specifically watching over the only route to the objective, who is likewise being watched.

* TimedMission: Certain missions, such as Lightning from ''Moment of Truth'' have time limits that may trigger. This mission, for example, gives 50 minutes to complete other objectives once you destroy the radar, and also gives you 30 minutes to reach a rally point once you call the squad.

* ForcedStealthMission: In the mission in a United States research facility, you need to prevent the alarm being raised. If it activates, you only have three minutes to complete the remaining objectives.